Sub-directories not getting added to CVS/Entries

[Mark E. Hamilton]

I'm having a strange problem. When I do a cvs checkout it seems to work 
fine. However, if I immediately follow it with an update some 
sub-directories that it previously checked out show up with a '?'.  The 
sub-directory does not appear in the appropriate CVS/Entries file. 
However, the sub-directory does contain a CVS sub-directory.

So, cvs checked it out, but now it doesn't know about it. This happens 
with multiple directories, but not all of them. Has anyone else seen 
this before?

My checkout command looks like this:

cvs -f -d :ext:<server>:/cvsroot/sntools checkout sntools

No errors are reported, and all the subdirectories generate the 
appropriate message:

cvs checkout: Updating sntools/rtest
cvs checkout: Updating sntools/docs

Examining the CVS sub-directory before I do the update I find that the 
Entries.Log file has these entries:

sahp6613% more sntools/CVS/Entries.Log
A D/Config////
A D/csource////
c D/docs////
A D/engine////
A D/installer/////////rtest////

The sub-directories 'docs' and 'rtest' are both having this problem. 
'docs' appears in the file but has a 'c' command (which I don't find in 
my Cerdequist.) Secondly, 'rtest' seems to be mixed into the 'installer' 
line.

The Entries files looks like this before the update:

sahp6613% more sntools/CVS/Entries
/sntools.xml/1.11/Fri Sep 23 21:47:42 2005//
D

and like this afterwards:

sahp6613% cat sntools/CVS/Entries
/sntools.xml/1.11/Fri Sep 23 21:47:42 2005//
D/Config////
D/csource////
D/engine////
D/installer////

Finally, following a checkout command immediately with another one 
(which should basically be a no-op) generates a number conflict errors 
for files in all the directores which have this problem. (Not 
surprising, I suppose, given the other errors.)

cvs checkout: Updating sntools/docs
cvs checkout: move away sntools/docs/FileLayout.txt; it is in the way
C sntools/docs/FileLayout.txt
cvs checkout: move away sntools/docs/glossary.html; it is in the way
C sntools/docs/glossary.html

The client and server I'm using are these:

sahp6613% cvs -f -d :ext:<server>:/cvsroot/sntools version
Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.19 (client/server)
Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.17 (client/server)

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Mark E. Hamilton
Orion International Technologies, Inc.
Sandia National Laboratory, NM.
505-844-7666